2 Elm Cottages, The Square, Timsbury, Bath, BA2 0HY

2 Elm Cottages is a three-bedroom end-of-terrace house in Timsbury, Bath, Bath (BA2 0HY). It has a recorded floor area of 85 m² (around 915 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1900-1929 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (November 2018) shows an E (score 48), well below the UK norm with real room to improve. When first surveyed in October 2010 the rating was G, the property has climbed 2 bands since. Between certificates, hot-water efficiency went from Very Poor to Very Good and main heating went from Poor to Good; while window efficiency dropped from Good to Average and lighting dropped from Good to Average. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 76), a 2-band jump. Period features are noted in the property record.

At 85 m² the property is well over the postcode median (65 m² across 8 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock. On energy efficiency it sits in the bottom 10% of properties in this postcode — significant headroom for improvement. Today's modelled estimate of £304,000 sits 92.4% above the 2011 sale of £158,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£173/sq ft) was about 27.6% below the postcode norm. On the market in June 2011 and unlisted since — roughly 15 years.